Year-End Lists

Appears on 180 lists

• The Best Movie of 2025: IGN Won

• #1 Best Movies of 2025: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Leigh Singer: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Kate Stables: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Chloe Walker: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2025: Mack Bates: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2025: Richard Roeper: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2025: Brandon Towns: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Top 10 Films of 2025: Victor Morton
• #1 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Amy Nicholson: Los Angeles Times
• #1 The Best Films of 2025: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• #1 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: People
• #1 The Best Movies of 2025: Ty Burr
• #1 The 25 Best Movies of 2025: Consequence
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Roger Luckhurst: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: David Pirie: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Favorite Films of 2025: Austin Noto-Moniz
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Charles Whitehouse: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Clint Worthington: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Carla Renata: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Michael Viers: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Brandon Wilson: RogerEbert.com
• #2 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Peter Travers: The Travers Take
• #2 The Best Movies of 2025: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
• #2 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Brian Truitt: USA Today
• #2 The 50 Best Films of 2025: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Films of 2025: The Skinny
• #2 Favorite Films of 2025: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Mike D’Angelo
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Sophie Monks Kaufman: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Saskia Baron: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Chris Shields: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Billie Walker: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2025: Chaz Ebert: RogerEbert.com
• #3 The Ten Best Films of 2025: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2025: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Best Movies of 2025: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #3 17 Best Movies of 2025: Decider
• #3 The 20 Best Films of 2025: NME
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Mark Cousins: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Omar Ahmed: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Tom Charity: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Pamela Hutchinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Lou Thomas: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2025: Jason Bailey: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2025: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
• #4 The Ten Best Films of 2025: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Passerby
• #4 25 Best Films of 2025: A.V. Club
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2025: Monica Castillo: RogerEbert.com
• #4 The Best Films of 2025: Keith Phipps: The Reveal
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Monica Castillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Ruun Nuur: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Inney Prakash: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Colette Balmain: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Phil Hoad: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2025: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2025: Zachary Lee: RogerEbert.com
• #5 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: David Sims: Atlantic
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey
• #5 Best Films of 2025: J. Hoberman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: AJ Morris: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Nick Hasted: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Daniel Eagan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Alex Ramon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Josh Slater-Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Movies of 2025: Lindsey Bahr: AP
• #6 The 25 Best Films of 2025: Slant
• #6 The 20 Best Films of 2025: Dazed
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Sam Clements: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Leila Latif: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Savina Petkova: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Naman Ramachandran: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2025: Godfrey Cheshire: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2025: Max Covill: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2025: Jana Monji: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2025: Jourdain Searles: RogerEbert.com
• #7 10 Best Films of 2025: Anita Katz: Bay City News
• #7 Best Movies of 2025: Jake Coyle: AP
• #7 Best Movies of 2025: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
• #7 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
• #7 Top 10 Films of 2025: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2025: Matt Zoller Seitz: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Best Films of 2025: In Review Online
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Anne Billson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Maggie Hennefeld: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Nathan Lee: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Gavin Smith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: John Bleasdale: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Dario Llinares: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Movies of 2025: Alissa Wilkinson: New York Times
• #8 The Best Movies of 2025: Bilge Ebiri: New York: Vulture
• #8 Top 20 Films of 2025: Bilge Ebiri: Slate: Movie Club
• #8 The Best Films of 2025: Scott Tobias: The Reveal
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Katherine McLaughlin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Victor Guimarães: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Jane Giles: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Ben Nicholson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Rafa Sales Ross: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Movies of 2025: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter
• #9 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
• #9 10 Best Movies of 2025: Odie Henderson: Boston Globe
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Mark Kermode
• #9 The 10 Best Films of 2025: Christina Newland: The i Paper
• #9 The 25 Best Films of 2025: The Playlist
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Maxwell Paparella: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: John Berra: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: James Lattimer: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Ian Mantgani: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Derek O’Connor: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Matthew Thrift: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 The Best Movies of 2025: Adam Nayman: The Ringer
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Justine Smith: Cult MTL
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Carly Mattox: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Matene Toure: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Maddie Whittle: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Stephen Dalton: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Patrick Gamble: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Tim Hayes: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #11 Top Ten Films of 2025: Tasha Robinson: The Next Picture Show
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 The 30 Best Films of 2025: Little White Lies
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Olivia Crough: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Devika Girish: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Abirami Logendran: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #12 Best Films of 2025: Manu Yáñez-Murillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 The 25 Best Films of 2025: David Ehrlich
• #13 Best Movies of 2025: Screen Slate
• #14 The Best Films of 2025: A.A. Dowd
• #14 Best Films of 2025: Darren Hughes: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #14 Best Films of 2025: Isabel Stevens: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #16 The 25 Best Movies of 2025: IndieWire
• #16 Best Films of 2025: Madeline Ostdick: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #16 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Mintzer: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #18 The 50 Best Movies of 2025: Guardian
• #19 Best Films of 2025: Joseph Fahim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #24 The Best Films of 2025: Justin Chang: New Yorker

• The Best Films of 2025: Erin Trahan: WBUR
• Best Films of 2025: Adam Shatz: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Dana Stevens: Slate
• Top 10 Movies of 2025: Steve Erickson: GCN
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Nandini Balial: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Rendy Jones: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Cortlyn Kelly: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Sherin Nicole: RogerEbert.com
• Top 10 Movies of 2025: Sam Adams: Slate
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Entertainment Weekly
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com
• Best Films of 2025: Willow Catelyn Maclay: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: John Klacsmann: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Best Movies of 2025: W
• The 11 Best Movies of 2025: Vanity Fair
• Favorite Movies of 2025: Barack Obama
• Best Films of 2025: Adam Piron: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Spectrum Culture
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com Unranked from here
• The Best Films of 2025: Economist
• The 15 Best Films of 2025: Cory Woodroof: USA Today: For the Win
• Best Movies of 2025: Scott Renshaw: Salt Lake City Weekly Places 6-10, alphabetical
• Best Films of 2025: Caroline Golum: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Craig Lindsey: RogerEbert.com
• The Best Films Of 2025: HuffPost
• Best Films of 2025: Lovia Gyarkye: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Savina Petkova: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Jed Rapfogel: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Very Best Films of 2025: AnOther Magazine
• The Best Movies Of 2025: Uproxx
• The 25 Best Films of 2025: BBC: BBC Culture
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Brendan Hodges: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• The Best Films of 2025: Sean Burns: WBUR Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Paul Risker: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Favorite Movies of 2025: Sarah Welch-Larson Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Chase Hutchinson: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• The 20 Best Movies of 2025: David Fear: Rolling Stone Special shout-outs to